sheephead
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sheephead
First recorded in 1535–45; so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep
Example Sentences
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On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
Fish vary by season but can include yellowtail, white sea bass, calico bass, barracuda, sheephead and halibut.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2015
He got out the rod and caught mangrove snappers from under the banks and sheephead from their hiding places among sunken logs and snags.
From Dick in the Everglades by Dimock, A. W.
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